2005 Idaho Code - 33-107 — GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE STATE BOARD

                                  TITLE  33
                                  EDUCATION
                                  CHAPTER 1
                           STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
    33-107.  GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE STATE BOARD. The state board
shall have power to:
    (1)  Perform all duties prescribed for it by the school laws of the state;
    (2)  Acquire, hold and dispose of title, rights and interests in real and
personal property;
    (3)  Have general supervision, through its executive departments and
offices, of all entities of public education supported in whole or in part by
state funds;
    (4)  Delegate to its executive secretary, to its executive officer, or to
such other administrators as the board may appoint, such powers as said
officers require to carry out the policies, orders and directives of the
board;
    (5)  Through its executive departments and offices:
    (a)  Enforce the school laws of the state,
    (b)  Study the educational conditions and needs of the state and recommend
    to the legislature needed changes in existing laws or additional
    legislation;
    (6)  In addition to the powers conferred by chapter 24, title 33, Idaho
Code:
    (a)  Maintain a register of postsecondary educational institutions
    approved to provide programs and courses that lead to a degree or which
    provide, offer and sell degrees in accordance with the procedures
    established in chapter 24, title 33, Idaho Code,
    (b)  Determine whether to accept academic credit at public postsecondary
    educational institutions in Idaho. Academic credit shall not be
    transferred into any Idaho public postsecondary institution from a
    postsecondary educational institution or other entity that is not
    accredited by an organization recognized by the board,
    (c)  Maintain a register of proprietary schools approved to conduct,
    provide, offer or sell a course or courses of study in accordance with the
    procedures established in chapter 24, title 33, Idaho Code;
    (7)  Prescribe the courses and programs of study to be offered at the
public institutions of higher education, after consultation with the
presidents of the affected institutions;
    (8)  Approve new courses and programs of study to be offered at community
colleges organized pursuant to chapter 21, title 33, Idaho Code, when the
courses or programs of study are academic in nature and the credits derived
therefrom are intended to be transferable to other state institutions of
higher education for credit toward a baccalaureate degree, and when the
courses or programs of study have been authorized by the board of trustees of
the community college.